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Senator Lieber says 8 of 11 Charleston County library board members refuse U.S. Constitution oath, urges county council to remove them
Summary
Senator from Charleston Robert Lieber told the Senate eight of 11 members of the Charleston County Library Board have refused to swear an oath to the U.S. and South Carolina constitutions and asked county council to remove those members; he said the attorney general advised the oath is legally required.
Senator Lieber (Senator from Charleston) used floor time to raise what he described as a legal and civic concern about the Charleston County Library Board. Lieber told the Senate that eight of 11 library board members "will not swear an oath to the constitution" and that he had asked the state attorney general for an opinion on the question of whether appointed or elected board members must take the U.S. and South Carolina constitutional oaths. According to Lieber, the attorney general's written opinion confirmed that officials and appointees are…
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